Washington, Dec. 12 : Indian Americans have launched a signature campaign to demand that Pakistan be declared a terrorist state.

A Daily Times report says that copies of one of several petitions are being kept at scores of condolence meetings and candle light vigils being held across the US to honour the memory of those who were killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks last month.

Raipur, Dec 12 : Dr. Raman Singh was sworn-in as the third Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh here today.

Governor E. S. L. Narsimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at a ceremony in the Police Parade ground.

The ceremony was attended by BJP''s senior leaders including Rajnath Singh and L. K. Advani. Uttaranchal Chief Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal were also present on the occasion.

Dr. Raman Singh, who was born on October, 15 1952, has been Chief Minister since December 7, 2003.

Kathmandu, Dec12 : Former UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal today expressed fears of the possibility of his party''s youth wing- Youth Force (YF) of becoming a matter of problem for the party in the future.

Speaking at a press meet here, he said Youth Force (YF) may become a problem for the party, much like Young Communist League (YCL) has been for the Maoist leadership at present.

New York, Dec 12 : Gwyneth Paltrow is reportedly making efforts to save her troubled marriage.

Amid recent reports of their marriage being on the rocks, Paltrow and her husband, Coldplay rocker Chris Martin, are holed up in their London home "trying to make their marriage better," a close pal told the New York Daily News.

The ‘Proof’ actress is so committed, "she''s staying overseas until the holidays are over," even forgoing events she typically loves.

"Gwyneth says she''s totally fine. She''s used the phrase ''perfectly happy'' a bunch of times, and refuses to read any of the tabloid tales to the contrary,” her pal said.

Washington, Dec 12 : A group of Italian researchers have reconstructed the last hours in Pompeii of a dozen people of a household who managed to survive Mount Vesuvius’ devastating eruption for more than 19 hours.

According to a report in Discovery News, volcanologist Claudio Scarpati, and colleagues Giuseppe Luongo and Annamaria Perrotta of the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, analyzed layers of volcanic deposits in a Pompeian house and examined 13 skeletons found there on a carpet of pumice, to reconstruct the events that occurred when the eruption was in progress.

Located in Pompeii’s main street, Via dell’Abbondanza, the home of Iulius Polybius, is one of the most studied in the ancient Roman town.

Washington - Former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior officials were directly responsible for the abusive interrogations of detainees in Abu Ghraib in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and Afghanistan, a Senate report released Thursday concluded.

The report by a bipartisan panel of the Senate Armed Services Committee is a searing critique of the US military's interrogation techniques and the officials who allowed the abuse to take place.

The administration of President George W Bush has consistently denied that the United States subjects detainees to torture or abuse, but has conceded that it does use tough interrogations to extract information from suspected terrorists about other possible plots.